Apulianadj.n.
/əˈpjuːlɪən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the ancient province or the modern geographical district of Apulia in southern Italy, or its inhabitants.
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Lombardish1489
Lombard?a1513
Etrurian1569
Perugian1585
Calabrian1594
Umbrian1601
Apulian1607
Ausonian1607
Longobard1625
Vicentine1665
Piedmontese1676
Lombardic1697
Romagnol1820
Bolognese1821
Romagnan1832
Lucanian1863
Lombardian1865
Friulian1880
Venetic1880
Luccan1911
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [adjective] > parts of
Tuscanish1580
Tuscan1588
Umbrian1601
Emilian1660
Piedmontese1676
Romagnese1813
Romagnol1820
Friulian1880
Apulian1932
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 625 All Christendome yealdeth praise and price vnto it next after the Apulian and Tarentinian wooll.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 45 That lonely rock, Petrella, in the Apulian Appennines.
1889 Cent. Dict. Apulian pottery, a name given to the Italo-Greek pottery found in Apulia and southeastern Italy generally, especially to the vases with red figures on a lustrous black ground, some of the most important examples of which are from this region.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 37/2 The Apulian officials and organizers spreading throughout Frederick's Italian territories.
B. n.
An inhabitant of Apulia.
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Lombard1377
Etrurian1546
Etruscan1563
Ligurian1601
Umbrian1601
Apulian1607
Calabrian1615
Tuscana1640
Piedmontese1647
Romagnese1762
Romagnol1768
Romagnan1832
Romagnola1845
Emilian1893
transpadane1896
Friulian1959
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 187 There was such another charme or incantation among the Apuleians.
1709 S. Dunster tr. Horace Satires ii. i. p. 127 Or rather, with intent, to keep the Lucanians and Apulians in awe.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 50 They..swell their fleeces, equal to the worth Of cloath'd Apulian.
1955 S. Runciman Eastern Schism ii. 38 In 1020 an Apulian called Melo raised a revolt in southern Italy against Byzantium.
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